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Fetal origins, childhood development, and famine : a bibliography and literature review

Ó Gráda, Cormac - 2011

The human costs of famines outlast the famines themselves. An increasing body of research points to their adverse long-run consequences for those born or in utero during them. This paper offers an introduction to the burgeoning literature on fetal origins and famine through a review of research...

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Still unequal at birth : birth weight, socioeconomic status and outcomes at Age 9

McGovern, Mark E. - 2011

child, parenting style, or school quality mediate the association between birth weight and later indicators. For test scores …

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Breaking the cycle of deprivation : an experimental evaluation of an early childhood intervention

Doyle, Orla - 2012

Deprivation early in life has multiple long term consequences for both the individual and society. An increasing body of evidence finds that targeted, early interventions aimed at at-risk children and their families can reduce socioeconomic inequalities in children's skills and capabilities....

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The relationship between low birthweight and socioeconomic status in Ireland

Madden, David - 2012

There is now fairly substantial evidence of a socioeconomic gradient in low birthweight for developed countries. The standard summary statistic for this gradient is the concentration index. Using data from the recently published Growing Up in Ireland survey, this paper calculates this index for...

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Don't stress : early life conditions, hypertension, and selection into associated risk factors

McGovern, Mark E. - 2012

Early life conditions have been linked to various domains of later life health, including cardiovascular outcomes. Using life history data from 13 European countries, I find that childhood socioeconomic status and measures of childhood health are related to hypertension, although there is cross...

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Early child care and child development : for whom it works and why

Felfe, Christina; Lalive, Rafael - 2012 - First version: October 2009, This version: December 2012

Many countries are currently expanding access to child care for young children. But are all children equally likely to … German setting where high quality center-based care is severely rationed and use within state differences in child care … supply as exogenous variation in child care attendance. Data from the German Socio-Economic Panel provides comprehensive …

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The tempest : natural disasters, early shocks and children's short- and long-run development

Deuchert, Eva; Felfe, Christina - 2013 - This draft: February, 2013

indicates that the main underlying channel is a shock on families' wealth. -- child development ; natural disaster ; wealth …

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The measurement of child costs : a Rothbarth-Type method consistent with scale economies

Bargain, Olivier; Donni, Olivier - 2010

We propose a new methodology to estimate the share of household income accruing to children (i.e., the cost of children). Following the principle of the Rothbarth approach, the identification of the children's share requires the observation of at least one adult-specific good. However, our...

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Statures, BMIs, and weight : a reassessment

Carson, Scott A. - 2013

Much has been written about the modern obesity epidemic, and historical BMIs are low compared to their modern counterparts. However, interpreting BMI variation is difficult because BMIs increase when weight increases or when stature decreases, and the two have different implications for human...

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Sons, daughters, and labor supply in early twentieth-century Hawaii

Halliday, Timothy; La Croix, Sumner J. - 2013

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